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title: Take my advice, neighbors... hold on to your vote!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/take-my-advice-neighbors-hold-on-to-your-vote-berryman-1950/
description: Figures in colonial costume labelled 'Virginia' and 'Maryland' look puzzled, with question marks over their heads.
section: Collection
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[![Take my advice, neighbors... hold on to your vote!, 1950 US cartoon: Figures in colonial costume labelled 'Virginia'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/take-my-advice-neighbors-hold-on-to-your-vote-berryman-1950.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/take-my-advice-neighbors-hold-on-to-your-vote-berryman-1950.jpg)

# Take my advice, neighbors... hold on to your vote!

Figures in colonial costume labelled 'Virginia' and 'Maryland' look puzzled, with question marks over their heads, holding a sheet reading 'Truman Plan to expand Capital into nearby counties'. A figure labelled 'D.C.' raises a finger and says 'Take my advice, neighbors... hold on to your vote!'. The cartoon argues that absorbing the surrounding counties into the capital would cost their residents their votes; fear-appeal is a weak fit.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
TAKE MY ADVICE, NEIGHBORS.... HOLD ON TO YOUR VOTE!
D.C.
VIRGINIA
MARYLAND
TRUMAN PLAN To EXPAND CAPITAL INTO NEARBY COUNTIES.
Jim Berryman (signature)
```

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